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postgraduate student, Department of Information, Library and Archival Affairs, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, Kharkiv, Ukraine
INFORMATIONAL INFLUENCE: CONCEPT AND EVOLUTION IN MODERN SCIENTIFIC IDEA
The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the concept of "informational impact", its evolution in scientific idea, as well as methodological aspects of the development of information technology in the context of their connection with the phenomenon of the information impact.
The methodology. The work studies this issue by examining the basic methods and principles of information studies.
The results. The concept of "informational influence" can be represented as a form of influencing the consciousness of the individual, carried out using the media resource in order to change the formed assessments, opinions, beliefs, values ​​for further transformation of its behavioral response to events. Not enough attention is paid to the informational influence as a phenomenon in the works of the scientists, because it is considered as an integral part of other definitions, and not as a separate phenomenon. It is important to note that the concept of "informational impact" as a phenomenon is almost not considered in scientific works. Most often, informational influence was an integral part of other definitions, rather than a separate process. Thus, this problem has not been considered comprehensively, and it needs additional attention of the scientific community.
Informational influence, as well as the use of media resources in modern conditions are becoming an integral part of socio-political conflicts. The media and the phenomenon of informational influence itself is a tool for both the emergence and resolution of conflict situations. The conclusion about global informatization and formation of high-tech information infrastructure, and also about importance of consideration of information influence as one of tools of manipulative technologies is made.
The scientific novelty. The author's definition of the concept of "informational influence" is formulated, as well as its place as a tool of manipulative possibilities are analyzed, and also the questions of manipulative possibilities of mass media and communication are considered.
The practical significance lies in the analysis of scientific and theoretical views of this matter. The phenomenon of informational influence in the context of information warfare and manipulations is considered.

This study investigates the informational influence of Thai political social network sites on civic behavioral intention. The dual routes of informational influence – content quality and source credibility – represent two independent variables. Perceived ease of use (PEOU) and perceived usefulness (PU) of social network sites are two mediators between the independent variables and civic engagement intention. The target population was Thai Facebook users who own a smart phone, tablet, or personal computer, were engaged in Thailand's mass political event in 2013, and have discussed political viewpoints or issues on their Facebook timelines, friends' spaces, or groups since then. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed as the statistical analysis tool for 402 respondents. The results of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) show that all the measurement indicators have both convergent validity and discriminant validity. The results reveal that both content quality and source credibility influence users' engagement intention. Nevertheless, PEOU and PU mediate the relationships between independent and dependent variables. While content quality is significantly related to PEOU, source credibility has a strong impact on PU.

Two studies tested whether perceived knowledgeability, a metacognitive indicator of attitude strength, predicts expression of minority (but not majority) opinions on social/political issues. In Study 1, the tendency for participants in the minority to be slower to report their opinions than participants in the majority was present among those who felt less knowledgeable in their attitudes toward controversial issues, but not among those who felt more knowledgeable. In Study 2, perceived knowledgeability moderated the relationship between minority opinion status on an issue and willingness to discuss an issue with someone who held the opposite opinion as oneself. In both studies, attitude certainty produced similar effects to perceived knowledgeability. Implications for processes of informational versus normative influence in opinion expression and conformity, as well as for the metacognitive model of attitude strength, are discussed.

AbstractUsing a mixed‐methods study of contract seed‐corn farmers in southwest Michigan, we examine the effect of interlocking macro and micro social forces on climate change behavior and apply the theoretical frames of treadmills of production and informational influence. We find that competitive agricultural contracts in the seed‐corn industry impose significant structural barriers to adopting climate change mitigation behaviors. Seed‐corn contracts constrain adoption of those behaviors through competitive rankings based solely on net commodity production and by limiting farmers' access to information to make judicious management decisions. At the micro level, our findings suggest that informational influence—that is, where farmers turn for trusted information—also affects climate change mitigation behaviors, and that these informational networks are embedded within structural constraints. Our findings suggest that agricultural contracts serve as a significant structural constraint on the adoption of mitigation practices and that climate scholarship and policy must address both macro and micro dimensions simultaneously to encourage adoption of climate change mitigation.

In the context of a hybrid war, modern threats to the information security of children living in the temporarily occupied territories are analyzed, and the prospects for their reintegration into the socio-political field of the Ukrainian state are determined. The article reveals the action of the mechanism of aggressive anti-Ukrainian propaganda, conducted since 2014 on all Russian TV channels and retransmitted to the occupied Ukrainian territories, which, through outright lies and a demonstration of disdain for the leaders of the Ukrainian state, undermines their legitimacy in the eyes of the population of these territories, forms an inadequate attitude in the minds of children. to reality, destroys national identity.
It is emphasized that the return by Ukraine of control over the temporarily occupied territories is not a short-term prospect, but requires the development of a long-term strategy for the reintegration of these territories. Such a strategy is especially important for children and adolescents, since their political outlook is formed in an information and socio-cultural environment hostile to Ukraine.

In the context of a hybrid war, modern threats to the information security of children living in the temporarily occupied territories are analyzed, and the prospects for their reintegration into the socio-political field of the Ukrainian state are determined. The article reveals the action of the mechanism of aggressive anti-Ukrainian propaganda, conducted since 2014 on all Russian TV channels and retransmitted to the occupied Ukrainian territories, which, through outright lies and a demonstration of disdain for the leaders of the Ukrainian state, undermines their legitimacy in the eyes of the population of these territories, forms an inadequate attitude in the minds of children to reality, destroys national identity. It is emphasized that the return by Ukraine of control over the temporarily occupied territories is not a short-term prospect, but requires the development of a long-term strategy for the reintegration of these territories. Such a strategy is especially important for children and adolescents, since their political outlook is formed in an information and socio-cultural environment hostile to Ukraine.

This research demonstrates how service firms can encourage decisions that enhance consumers' well-being through informational social influence. Specifically, we propose that social information regarding the beneficial behaviors of others is enhanced under a deliberative mind-set. Given the financial insecurity of consumers, as well as the potential for financial services firms to positively affect consumers' savings decisions, we test this theorizing in the context of savings. Four studies demonstrate that the open-mindedness associated with the deliberative mind-set increases the effectiveness of providing high savings social information (i.e., information about the high savings rates of others). This effect does not occur for consumers with chronically high susceptibility to interpersonal influence, who are open-minded to social information regardless of mind-set, but is stronger for myopically focused consumers who otherwise may be most likely to discount high savings information. Results suggest that financial services firms may improve consumers' financial well-being by providing high savings social information and eliciting a deliberative mind-set in financial brochures, educational programs, and interactions with financial advisors. Implications for how service firms can utilize a deliberative mind-set and informational influence to enhance consumer well-being by encouraging beneficial behaviors like saving, exercising, or energy conservation, which conflict with existing desires, are discussed.

The article deals with the informational influence on children and young people in conditions of hybrid war in the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine in the separate regions of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The purpose of this article is to analyze the main forms and methods of informational impact on children in the ORDLO and the possible consequences of such influence. For the study used messages in the media, regulatory legal acts of self-proclaimed republics, materials of Internet resources, indicating the facts of the dangerous information impact on children.The content of the textbook on history used in schools and higher educational institutions in ORDLO, the state of teaching the history of the native land and the Ukrainian language is analyzed. The system of militarypatriotic education of children and youth is explored, aimed at preserving Soviet stereotypes from the inhabitants of the Donbas, nostalgia for the USSR, and forming a sense of belonging to Russian civilization.It is proved that students at ORDLO carry out enormous informational influence in order to integrate the younger generation into the Russian civilization. Instead, hostility toward Ukrainians and the rejection of Western liberal-democratic values are being cultivated.Thus, there is a violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 in the ORDLO. ; У статті розглядається інформаційний вплив на дітей та молодь в умовах гібридної війни на непідконтрольній Україні території Окремих районів Донецької та Луганської областей. Метою даної статті є аналіз основних форм і методів інформаційного впливу на дітей в ОРДЛО та можливих наслідків такого впливу. Для дослідження використовувались повідомлення в засобах масової інформації, нормативно-правові акти самопроголошених республік, матеріали інтернетресурсів, що свідчать про факти небезпечного інформаційного впливу на дітей.Проаналізовано зміст навчального матеріалу підручників з історії, що використовуються в школах та вищих закладах освіти в ОРДЛО, стан викладання історії рідного краю та української мови. Досліджено систему військово-патріотичного виховання дітей та молоді, яка направлена на збереження у мешканців Донбасу радянських стереотипів, ностальгії за СРСР, формування відчуття приналежності до російської цивілізації.Доведено, що на школярів та студентів в ОРДЛО здійснюється величезний інформаційний вплив з метою інтегрувати молоде покоління до російського цивілізаційного простору. Натомість культивується ворожість до українства та неприйняття західних ліберально-демократичних цінностей.Таким чином, в ОРДЛО має місце порушення Конвенції про права дитини від 20 листопада 1989 р.

The article deals with the informational influence on children and young people in conditions of hybrid war in the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine in the separate regions of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The purpose of this article is to analyze the main forms and methods of informational impact on children in the ORDLO and the possible consequences of such influence. For the study used messages in the media, regulatory legal acts of self-proclaimed republics, materials of Internet resources, indicating the facts of the dangerous information impact on children.The content of the textbook on history used in schools and higher educational institutions in ORDLO, the state of teaching the history of the native land and the Ukrainian language is analyzed. The system of militarypatriotic education of children and youth is explored, aimed at preserving Soviet stereotypes from the inhabitants of the Donbas, nostalgia for the USSR, and forming a sense of belonging to Russian civilization.It is proved that students at ORDLO carry out enormous informational influence in order to integrate the younger generation into the Russian civilization. Instead, hostility toward Ukrainians and the rejection of Western liberal-democratic values are being cultivated.Thus, there is a violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 in the ORDLO. ; У статті розглядається інформаційний вплив на дітей та молодь в умовах гібридної війни на непідконтрольній Україні території Окремих районів Донецької та Луганської областей. Метою даної статті є аналіз основних форм і методів інформаційного впливу на дітей в ОРДЛО та можливих наслідків такого впливу. Для дослідження використовувались повідомлення в засобах масової інформації, нормативно-правові акти самопроголошених республік, матеріали інтернетресурсів, що свідчать про факти небезпечного інформаційного впливу на дітей.Проаналізовано зміст навчального матеріалу підручників з історії, що використовуються в школах та вищих закладах освіти в ОРДЛО, стан викладання історії рідного краю та української мови. Досліджено систему військово-патріотичного виховання дітей та молоді, яка направлена на збереження у мешканців Донбасу радянських стереотипів, ностальгії за СРСР, формування відчуття приналежності до російської цивілізації.Доведено, що на школярів та студентів в ОРДЛО здійснюється величезний інформаційний вплив з метою інтегрувати молоде покоління до російського цивілізаційного простору. Натомість культивується ворожість до українства та неприйняття західних ліберально-демократичних цінностей.Таким чином, в ОРДЛО має місце порушення Конвенції про права дитини від 20 листопада 1989 р.

Extant research on alternative media in Western democracies has focused on scrutinizing their content, organization, production, and audiences. However, the extent to which alternative outlets are linked to powerful foreign actors has not yet been analyzed, despite the fact that a plethora of outlets have openly sided with Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, spreading the Kremlin's propagandistic narratives. To fill this gap, this study adopts a case study approach. It selects Germany as a revelatory case of a key target country of Russia's foreign influence efforts, raising the question of how and to what extent German-language alternative media outlets are connected to Russia's ruling elites. Grounded in qualitative analysis of a wide range of documents, this study proposes a categorization that divides the connections into three different types: organizational, media, and personal connections. Subsequently, it is demonstrated that half of the analyzed German-language alternative media outlets maintain at least one of these three types of connections to the Kremlin. These findings contribute to our knowledge of alternative media, as well as Russia's overt and covert foreign influence operations, the so-called "active measures." They also highlight the need for more transparency in alternative media landscapes in democratic contexts across the globe.